White man who killed black man with sword said blacks should be ‘exterminated,’ cops say

James Harris Jackson is arraigned in criminal court, March 23, 2017, in New York. Jackson, accused of randomly killing Timothy Caughman, a 66-year-old black man on the streets of New York by stabbing him with a sword, was charged with murder as a hate crime. Jefferson SiegelThe Daily News via AP

James Harris Jackson is arraigned in criminal court, March 23, 2017, in New York. Jackson, accused of randomly killing Timothy Caughman, a 66-year-old black man on the streets of New York by stabbing him with a sword, was charged with murder as a hate crime. Jefferson SiegelThe Daily News via AP

“Based on statements that he made as well as a preliminary review of video, it reveals that the attack on Timothy Caughman was clearly racially motivated,” said William Aubry, assistant chief of the New York City Police Department, according to the Washington Post. “It’s well over 10 years that he’s been harboring these feelings of hate towards male blacks.”

Jackson was charged with first-degree murder as an act of terrorism, second-degree murder as an act of terrorism, and second-degree murder as a hate crime, and was indicted on weapons charges as well, according to the Washington Post. He pleaded not guilty.

“It’s such a sick irony that someone obviously diseased of mind could commit a hate crime against someone so loving,” said Caughman’s cousin Khadijah Peek at the victim’s funeral, according to the station.

When he came upon Caughman, police say he plunged the knife into the man so hard it struck the pavement and damaged the tip, the New York Times reported.

“When I killed that guy, it wasn’t, I didn’t get like a rush of — I thought I was going to go into a berserker or madman viking and start hacking people apart. It just didn’t happen. I was kind of shocked,” Jackson said, according to NY 1.

Jackson told police the attack was meant to “Get the ball rolling,” and “Shake people out of their slumber,” according to the New York Post. “It would be awesome if we could get the governments of the white countries together,” he said, according to the paper.

When asked if he had remorse, Jackson said “No ... He’s a homeless black guy,” according to the New York Times.